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Animal Collective- In The Flowers (Video)
Solange Covers Dirty Projectors
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As if the Knowles family could get any more perfect. Beyonce’s little sister, Solange has covered Dirty Projectors’ “Stillness Is The Move”, and she does a wonderful job. Using the Dr. Dre/Erykah Badu/Isaac Hayes sample, she doesn’t have to stray too far from the original vocal melody to achieve a sound similar to Amber Coffman’s. [...]
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D/A/D - Super Motives
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D/A/D is wünderkin Zach Robinson. Splitting his time between L.A. and Northwestern University, Zach unveiled his debut EP, Super Motives, this past week. Clocking in at 6 songs and 28 minutes, there’s quite a bit of fun to be had here. Imagine a crossroads between Miami Horror a porn soundtrack from 2050. In the best [...]
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Andrew Cedermark/Family Portrait Split
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The incredibly rad dudes at Underwater Peoples are bringing us another great record, this time a split between two of their best artists. The split is between Andrew Cedmark, who I know little about, and Family Portrait who I’ve listened to on occasion. I first became familiar with Family Portrait on the Underwater Peoples compilation, [...]
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Woodsman
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Denver, Colorado… The new hotbed for indie music? Not quite, but we’re getting there. Woodsman are from Denver and they make some really cool music. They’ve been circulating around the blogs a bit, but the recognition they deserve will arrive more in the upcoming months. They’re putting out a full length with the always fantastic [...]
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Concert Recap: Mum at the El Rey
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Caveat: No Set List or Photo’s (sorry, lazieness)Mum playing the in US? A rare occurrence indeed. Not often does this eclectic Icelandic collective grace our humble shores. Thus, after a brief west coast stint, the group will retire to more familiar terrain, namely Malmo, Arhus, (insert unusual Scandinavian city) etc. Prior to the show, I [...]
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New Records: Dragon Turtle- Almanac
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Brian Lightbody and Tom Asselin make up the duo Dragon Turtle, a group that I know far too little about. The boys from Brooklyn make a kind of music not easily describable, but floating somewhere within the realms of folk and psychedelia. Their debut record, Almanac, hits stores today, which you can pick up here. [...]
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Christy & Emily
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A bit weak on the band name side of things, but what they lack in a creative name they make up for with killer songs. Christy & Emily are a female Brooklyn duo, who are making some rad psychedelic/chilled out folk/pop music. It’s hard to generalize the duo, but that’s what I came up with, [...]
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Dil Jackson
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Awwwww shit, this looks incredible. Stones Throw are currently one of my favorite labels, because I’ve been really getting back into Jaylib and Madvillain and all that shit. This newest project solidifies them as one of my favorites. Straight from the Stones Throw news page, J Rocc posted this: Share My Bed=M.J. & Dilla 1st [...]
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These New Puritans Announce New Album
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Another post, another Domino Records release. The record label is poised to kill it 2010, with releases from Four Tet, Final Fantasy, and now These New Puritans. The insane British group are following up ’08’s Beat Pyramid with Hidden, set to hit stores February 2nd of 2010. I don’t know much about the album, other [...]
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Four Tet Announces New Record
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Tape men are big fans of Kieran Hebden, so we’re super stoked about this release. Four Tet is releasing There Is Love In You, January 26th on Domino Records. The album features “Love Cry”, a track we’ve heard from his super limited EP that Domino released as well. The track is wonderful, really getting us [...]
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Grizzly Bear- Ready, Able (Video)
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Another great Grizzly Bear video. The video is directed by Allison Schulnik, who after checking out some of her work is fucking awesome. Check some more of her stuff out here. Grizzly Bear- Ready, Able
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Dirty Projectors- “No Intention”, Acoustic Video
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Sirius XMU did a session with Dirty Projectors the other day (or something like that), and have released a video for “No Intention”, which was done acoustically. They did some acoustic renditions at the show I was at a couple of nights ago, and it sounded pretty cool. I’m still a fan of “Useful Chamber” [...]
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Grizzly Bear Re-release Veckatimest
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Q: Is Grizzly Bear’s early 2009 release good enough to warrant a reissue a mere 5 months after it’s release?A: I guess so.Indeed, the brooklyn based bards have re-released their breakout record in a double Lp format. In typical brooklynite fashion, the boys have chosen to give the middle finger to mainstream america, opting to [...]
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The Mantles
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The Mantles are a San Fran band, one which seems to be one of the few lo-fi bands I’m listening to at the moment. The change in direction happened rather dramatically, but I now find myself craving music that has a focus on production, along with experimenting boundaries. The Mantles don’t make the kind of [...]
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It has taken me entirely too long of a time to make this post. Any who, Nat Baldwin is the amazing bassist for Dirty Projectors, but he also makes some pretty fantastic solo music. It took me a while to actually listen to his records, but I haven’t been able to stop listening since that [...]
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TMTS Contest Reminder
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Just a reminder for all of you LAists. Shoot an email to us (thetapeblog@yahoo.com) with the subject TMTS CONTEST for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Throw Me The Statue and Bishop Allen on the 11th of November.
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New Records: Sole & The Skyrider Band- Plastique
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Stream of consciousness hip-hop can be a bit excessive, when consumed in large quantities. Sole however, is one of those guys that never gets old. The former Anticon dude has a new record out with Fake Four Inc. The single is “Battlefields”, a great track, if you can stand its glum atmosphere. It sounds a [...]
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Brooklyn We Go Hard
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Holy shit, these past couple of days have been amazing for Brooklyn and music in general. Dirty Projectors’ new EP leaked, and the new tracks are amazing. Expectations are always high for a band of their caliber, but as usual, they exceeded them. I don’t want to get in trouble with Mr. Web Sheriff, so [...]
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Real Estate- Basement (Video)
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A bunch of CMJ videos have surfaced courtesy of Ray Concepcion, and this may be the best one. “Basement” is a Real Estate track off of their upcoming Mexican Summer 12″, something I’m very excited for. I’m really digging their Woodsist debut, which officially hits stores November 17th. Check out the video, and download the [...]
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